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IxD Sydney Meetup Andrea Lau, Small Multiples Designing Comprehensible Data Visualisations

Designing Comprehensible Data Visualisations

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Small Multiple's talk on how to make data visualisations easier to understand (presented at the IxDA Sydney meeting, 25th April 2012).

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IxD Sydney MeetupAndrea Lau, Small Multiples

Designing Comprehensible Data Visualisations

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http://wefeelfine.org/http://number27.org/Jonathan Harris

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http://benfry.com/isometricblocks/http://benfry.com/traces/Ben Fry

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http://well-formed.eigenfactor.org/http://oecdbetterlifeindex.org/Moritz Stefaner

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New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/08/27/us/preparations-for-hurricane-irene-and-reports-of-damage.html

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Explainer

Context

Overview

Filter/ExplainerContext

Zoom/Details

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•Context•Overview•Zoom and filter•Details on demand

The newinformation-seeking mantra

Simultaneously

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Data Visualisation & Mobile WebEmail: [email protected]: 409/55 Holt St, Surry Hills NSW